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4 weeks ago | 
newromantimes.substack.com | Laura Itzkowitz |Elizabeth Minchilli
When it comes to Rome’s food and markets, there are few people who can claim to be more knowledgeable than Sophie Minchilli. With an Italian father and an American mother, Sophie was born and raised in Rome and is passionate about Italian cuisine and culture. You may have seen her book, The Sweetness of Doing Nothing: Living Life the Italian Way with Dolce Far Niente, in bookshops around Rome and beyond. Or perhaps you saw her in the Puglia episode of Stanley Tucci’s CNN show, Searching for Italy.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
Olive Oil ResourcesI receive a LOT of questions about Italian olive oil—on social media, in emails, from friends and relatives. It pretty much goes like this:How can I tell if this olive oil is good? Which olive oil should I use for cooking? Why is this olive oil so expensive? And the one I get multiple times a day? Where can I buy good quality olive oil?
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
We’ve just added two new tours to our schedule this fall:September 28 - October 4, 2025: The Culture of Food in Puglia & Matera with Sophie MinchilliOctober 26 - November 1, 2025: The Culture of Food in Western Sicily with Sophie MinchilliKeep scrolling for summaries of each itinerary. We are also including links to the online brochures, which include details and pricing. September 28 -October 4, 2025Puglia is on everyone’s wish list, but this tour is a bit different from the rest.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
gillianlongworthmcguire.substack.com | Gillian Longworth McGuire |Elizabeth Minchilli
Murano gets a bad rap. It is one of the most famous places (Murano is actually 7 separate islands) in the Venetian lagoon (population wise, it is the second largest after Venice with 3,000 residents.) Murano is sometimes mixed up with another famous place in the lagoon. Burano is the one with the colorful houses. Murano is where the glass is made.1 The reputation of quick glass factory tours with aggressive sales pressure and crowds and bad food has some truth to it.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
gillianlongworthmcguire.substack.com | Gillian Longworth McGuire |Elizabeth Minchilli
This is not a list of my favorite places in Rome to get coffee. Click on the box below for that. Last year I created a resource list for you all about pasta. I got such great feedback on that deep dive into the essential Italian staple that this month I have gathered up all those open tabs and saved instagram posts that I have about another Italian necessity, coffee. Look for three little dots on the top left, click that and then click the little ribbon icon.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
As a subscriber to our Premium Newsletter, you are the first to hear about the new tours we are adding to our schedule this fall: September 28 - October 4, 2025: The Culture of Food in Puglia & Matera with Sophie Minchilli October 26 - November 1, 2025: The Culture of Food in Western Sicily with Sophie Minchilli You have the first opportunity to sign up f… Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Elizabeth’s Newsletter from Italy to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free...
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
Happy New Year!! The holiday life continues here in Italy. So much so that I forgot to send out this newsletter yesterday. So far there has been not only Christmas, Chanukah and New Years, but it was also my birthday. January 6 is the Epiphany and life doesn’t even begin to get back to normal until the 7th. I’m very much enjoying the lazy days, filled with long walks and drinks and dinners with friends.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
I’ve always loved the holiday season, wherever I happen to be. There was a period when the girls were little when we always spent 2 weeks with family in and around New York. Then there was the period when the girls were a little older, and Nonna was older too, which we spent in Bari. These days, we tend to be in Rome for the month of December, and although I didn’t really need any convincing, I have definitely decided it’s my favorite time of the year here.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
Today’s Newsletter launches a new series. Last month, we happily launched our new website devoted to our food tours in Italy. As promised, we have been sharing guides and stories about life here in Italy. Since you may have missed them, each month I will be sending out a roundup of recent posts. You can always visit the site to view the entire archive. We are constantly adding to it. And do let us know in the comments below if there is anything you’d like to see us cover in the future.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
elizabethminchilli.substack.com | Elizabeth Minchilli
I am so over stuff. And if I’m judging my social media feeds correctly, so are a lot of other people. My favorite accounts at the moment feature women (they are always women) who go thrifting, and find things like crystal bowls, casserole dishes and cookie jars and then fill them up with homemade goodies. Some of the cards even suggest that the recipient should pay it forward and feel free to ‘re-gift’ the dish with their own goodies in the future. It’s a win/win on so many levels.
